Crock Pot Pork Roast and Sauerkraut

Barb Witherspoon's Note:

Throw it in the crock pot on New Year's Eve before you go out, and dinner the next day will be ready; all you have to do is fix the mashed potatoes. Slow, low cooking makes a roast that is very tender. Delicious!! I used to manage a doctor's office, and our Blue Cross rep told me that her family made this every year for New Year's.

• Total Time: 24 hrs 5 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 24 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 2 lbs pork roast
• 1 (27 ounce) can sauerkraut, rinsed and drained
• 1 (1 1/4 ounce) package dry onion soup mix
• 2 cups water
• 1/2 cup brown sugar

Directions:

1. Place pork roast in crock pot.
2. Pour sauerkraut over pork roast.
3. Sprinkle the onion soup mix and brown sugar over the pork and sauerkraut.
4. Pour the water over everything.
5. Cook on low for 24 hours.
6. Serve over mashed potatoes.

Reviews

[Mindelicious]

Wow!! This pork roast was so tender and easy to make. I put all this together in the morning, around lunch time I added chopped onions and apples (about 1/2 cup each), and by dinner time the smell was amazing and the pork just fell apart. Husband really enjoyed this as it was his first time having sauerkraut. Thanks a bunch!!

[PuffDad]

The 24 hour cooking criteria for this is silly. It would liquify. That comment should be pulled from the recipe.
I tried it today and it was good, not great. Not a big fan of sweet and sour.
After 10 hours of course it fell apart. That would happen to a Goodyear Tire too.
I should have stopped it at 8 hours when the meat still had some texture.
I used a quality 4 lb. center cut roast.
What suprised me is the onion soup did not over power. It was an excellent blend of sweet and sour.
I added 1/2 cup of onions half way through.
Again, I thought it was good but it just rubs me wrong to add brown sugar to sauerkraut. Everyone liked it in the family and ate it with mashed.
Won't make it again. Give me the standard stuff.

[twinkim]

This was amazing! My non-sauerkraut eating family LOVED it! I substituted 1 cup of apple cider and 1 cup of juice from the sauerkraut for the water. The pork roast melted in your mouth. It's the perfect combination of sweet and salty. It MUST be served over mashed potatoes. I have never seen a crockpot with a 24-hour setting. I cooked it for 10 hours on low. It was perfect. This one is going in my recipe book!